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Membership and Lake Access
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There is no legal connection between
membership in the Taylor Lake Homeowners' Association and access to Taylor
Lake. The association does not determine, limit, or grant access to the lake.
Lake access is defined under riparian common law, case law, statutes, and
Rose Township ordinance. All properties that have riparian access (lake frontage),
access from a common parcel, or access by an ingress-egress easement, have
lake access rights. There is one common parcel, and one ingress-egress
easement on the lake. Rose Township ordinance limits the expansion
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Association
membership was defined in the wording of the Ballot for Incorporation
that was passed in 1972. There are four clauses in the ballot used
to describe the boundaries of the properties that are included in the association.
The four clauses are listed below, along with explanations based on the Property
Description Maps for Rose Township. |
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1) All lots (except Lot 28) in McClatchey’s Taylor Lake Heights, a subdivision
of part of the Southwest ¼ of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 7 East,
Rose Township, Oakland County, Michigan.
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Southwestern section of the lake
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These are
all the lots on Pellett that also have lake frontage, from lot 1 at the north
to lot 27 at the south. |
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2) All lots in SUPERVISOR’S PLAT NO. 6 being the Southeast ¼ of
the Southwest ¼ of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 7 East, Rose Township,
Oakland County, Michigan.
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Southeastern section of the lake
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These are
all the lots on Tannock (with lake frontage or not); the lots north and south
of the lake outlet; and the lots between the lake and the contiguous wetland towards the southeast. |
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3) All lands in the North ½ of the Southwest ¼ of Section
8, Town 4 North, Range 7 East, Rose Township, Oakland County, Michigan.
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Northern section of the lake
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In other
words, south of Bone Road, east of Hickory Ridge, and west of Taylor Lake
Road. These are the lots on Hickory Ridge that have lake frontage; all the
lots of Mohyla's Hickory Ridge Acres; and the lots on the south side of Bone
Road or west side Taylor Lake Road that have lake frontage.
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4) All lands in the North ½ of Section 17, T4N, R7E, Rose Township,
Oakland County, Michigan, lying within 200 feet of the shoreline of Taylor
Lake.
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Additional properties to the south of
the lake
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While the
first three clauses are unambiguous, this clause can be subject to interpretation. The section described is just south
of the lake, between Hickory Ridge and Taylor Lake Road. The contiguous wetland
at the southeast of the lake is shown as also being "Taylor Lake" on the
property maps. This makes the "within 200 feet of the shoreline" perhaps
not as explicit as planned. But as it turns out, there are properties
that have legal access to the lake that are included in the association by
this clause.
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Opinion
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As was stated
above, there is no legal connection between lake access rights and membership
in the association. However, the clauses listed on the Ballot for Incorporation
do a very good job of assuring that all properties that have lake access,
are also included in the association membership. This was not an accident.
The main purpose of the association is to provide a means to manage a common
resource, the lake, to the benefit of all who have use of that resource.
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